ACTi ACM-4201 manual

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Table of contents for the manual

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    Megapixel IP Cube Camera ACM-4201 Ver. 090714 Quick Installation Guide[...]

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    0-1 0 Getting Started 1.1 P A CK AGE CONTENTS ACM-4201 Power Adaptor (Option) Product CD Camera Stand Warranty Card Accessory 1[...]

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    0-2 1.2 PHYSICAL DES CRIPTION 1. Action LED Indicator The LED will light up after IP camera has successfull y c ompleted the boot process 2. Built-in Microphone Sensitivit y : -36dB ± 3dB (0dB=1V/Pa at 1KHz) S/N Ratio: More than 58dB Directivity: Omni-directional[...]

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    0-3 3. Audio Output The IP device supports audio output with earphone jack 4. Ethernet Port The IP device connects to the Ethernet via a standard RJ 45 connector. Supporting NWAY, this IP devic e can auto detect the speed of local network segment (10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet). 5. Reset Button Step 1: Switch off IP device b y disconnecting the powe[...]

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    0-4 1.3 BASIC CONNE CTIONS Follow the procedures below to connect the IP device to the respective apparatuses. 1. Connect the power adaptor to IP device 2. Connect I P device ’s ethernet port to an Ethernet (RJ45 connectors). If your IP device has PoE built-in, y ou can regard it as a PD and c onnect it directly to a PSE device like PoE switch. 3[...]

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    1-5 1 Quick Tour This section guides you with a quick tour on this IP device. 2.1 Configure this IP Devic e 2.1.1 Make sure network environment Default IP of this IP device is 192.168.0.100. Please make sure this IP device and your PC are on the same network segment before running the installation. 2 Please set the settings as below. IP address: 19[...]

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    1-6 2.1.2 Open Internal Expl orer with IP address NOTE: If your we b browser is earlier than IE6, then download IE6 is recommended. NOTE: This IP dev ice default IP address is se t to 192.168.0.100 2.1.3 Login with default administrator’s account & passw ord NOTE: De f ault administ rator account is set to A dmin , password is set to 123456 ,[...]

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    1-7 2.1.4 Preview the video 2.1.5 Set the new IP address[...]

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    1-8 *IP Address : T he default I P address is 19 2.168.0.100 . *Subnet M ask : The defaul t subnet m ask is 255.255.255.0 *Click button NOTE: In your Cli ent PC, please make sure the s etting of Network Connections Type is se t to Auto Negotation, sinc e this IP device follow s MII standard. Otherw ise, you might not see the live image. IMPORTANT :[...]